Donald Trump is declaring victory in his trade war with China. Of course he is. He always claims victory, even — in fact, especially —Continue Reading
I should have seen this coming, but I don’t live in a rural community. Many U.S. farmers fume at Washington, not Trump, over biofuel, tradeContinue Reading
So if your administration’s policies had screwed one of your boss’s key constituencies sideways, do you think you might hold off on insulting them toContinue Reading
Apparently, the metric shit-ton of manure Donald Trump spread over the Midwest while running for president has not materially improved the outlook for the region’sContinue Reading
As the trade war limps along exactly as you’d expect a policy launched by a failed casino owner would, real people are taking it onContinue Reading
Trump starts a trade war with China. The Chinese hit our farmers with tariffs in retaliation. Trump throws some money at the farmers to compensateContinue Reading
From Axios: Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) told Axios' Mike Allen on Thursday that President Trump's trade war with China has caused the price of hisContinue Reading
Received this e-mail today from former Columbus, GA Mayor Teresa Tomilson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Teresa Tomilson (D. GA) Finally, after more than sevenContinue Reading
Received this e-mail today from former Columbus, GA Mayor Teresa Tomlinson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Teresa Tomilson (D. GA) Finally, after more than sevenContinue Reading
A retired Kentucky farmer who only does limited farming now has written a short article about how Republican land owners and Republican bankers are keepingContinue Reading
There is so little good information about what is going on with farmers, especially in KY, if you are not plugged into a rural communityContinue Reading
I wouldn’t be so sure about farm country coming out in droves for Donald J. Trump in 2020. Many farmers wanted Trump to get toughContinue Reading
FAIL! The top Senate candidate’s website is replete with Getty stock images from around the globe, from Serbia to Indonesia, Hungary to the United Kingdom,Continue Reading
Josh Marshall at TPM flagged this Reuters article of U.S. Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue telling American farmers, “Yeah, you’re screwed by Trump tariffs.” Perdue saidContinue Reading
You know that Trump voting farmers were mule headed, and I think the economic pain from Trump’s trade war needed to happen sooner to dappenContinue Reading
